STEVEN SEAGAL 8 MOVIE COLLECTION:

Eight movies by one of the kings of action, Steven Seagal!! These are
surprisingly in good visual shape, and believe it or not they have closed
captioning, which is a good thing cause Seagal just doesn't know how to
speak so you can hear him!!

THE FOREIGNER(2003)

This is actually pretty good! Gruesome, but good!! Not a lot of hand to
hand combat, but a whole lot of gunfire!! But really, this is an espionage
movie, and as such is pretty long winded, but intriguing!! The ending, tho.
leaves a little to be desired!! Still, not bad Steve!!

Just as an FYI, there's a very short shot of semi-nudity, with a young lady
with her back to the camera without anything on!! B

A review from IMDb.com:

Being a hardcore fan of Steven Seagal, I watched 'The
Foreigner'. Though I see much hate for this film, I didn't
find myself bored or disappointed. Its a decent one-time
watch!

'The Foreigner' tells the story of a freelance agent, who is
the courier of a package from France to Germany. He soon
finds that many people want to get their hands on it.

'The Foreigner' begins superbly & the first-hour, overall, is
classy. The second-hour does get problematic, but the climax
as well as the action-sequences, are effective. The Screenplay
by Darren O. Campbell has merit, but a neater second-hour
was much needed. Michael Oblowitz's Direction is fair.
Cinematography captures the stunning locales of Poland,
aptly. Editing is alright.

Performance-Wise: Seagal is truly unbeatable in his own way.
He scores & excels, yet again! Max Ryan does a fine job. Jeffrey
Pierce & Harry Van Gorkum are okay. Anna-Louise Plowman is
sincere.

On the whole, 'The Foreigner' has some striking
moments. - nama chakravorty

This one has Steven as an ex-thief turned archaeologist turned mercenary!
While on a dig in China, he finds out that the people running it are also
running drugs out with the artifacts that they find! This ends up getting his
partner killed and him thrown in a Chinese jail! One thing leads to another
and the DEA get him out of jail, only for him to be pursued by the people
in charge of the drug running business!! Another person close to him gets
killed, and he goes out on an all out manhunt for the man in charge!! Again,
a much better film than I expected, although a couple of the Chinese lord's
acting was less than superb!!!

Again here, a little topless nudity! B+

A review from IMDb.com:

It is good to see Seagal at work. No matter what his debt
to the mob he still is fun to watch. I like movies without too
much tension, where I know the good guy wins. So for my
simple tastes the movie was fun.

Years ago, I thought Seagal had the fastest hands in martial
arts movies. Unfortunately, he has not received the recognition
that other martial arts stars have.

Many times a star is the same personality in all his or her movies.
Such as John Wayne or Chackie Chan. It just becomes a matter
of what stars you can identify with. When Arnold says, " I'll be back!"
You have to be glad he is coming back. - pjplives-1

This could have been horribly depressing and disturbing, but instead
the subject of child trafficking was handled with considerable restraint!
Seagal plays a forest ranger who has been a pen pal with a young girl
in Hungary who's at an orphanage that, when kids turn 14, they have
to leave the school and do something else! Turns out the something
else is to fall prey to child trafficking!! The letters from the girl stop
and Seagal heads out to find out why!!

This may be the best movie Steven has done!!! A

A review from an IMDb.com customer:

I've seen this in Asia, and the title was "Ichigeki" (One Blow).
It's an unusual story about a nature conservationist, and a
Polish orphan girl.

I differ on my opinion about this movie from others, and I think
it's one of the best movie Steven Segal starred in. First I like the
smooth pace this movie moves along. And I like the way each
scene is shot. So I have to give lot of credit to the director Po-Chih
Leong.

The antagonists don't look like complete idiots like most Steven
Segal movies. And the scenes, the characters, and the story all
blends naturally.

I also liked Ida Nowakowska's performance. She's the first girl
I've seen that looks like has intelligence in this type of movie.

The movie I think showed completely different side of Steven
Segal, that doesn't make him look phony like characters he plays
in his other movies (well, maybe a little bit, but not as much as
other movies he's in).

All of the above makes this the most realistic movie I've seen
performed by Steven Segal, and for that, this movie is highly
recommended for viewing. - ebiros2

Because it's a short list, the good: several of the fight scenes where
quite well done, and it's set in Vegas!! Oh, and Randy Couture is in
this! Um, that's it!!

Now for the bad: this was a terrible story, the whole prison scenario
was unnecessary, and because I really don't like prison movies, that
was a big one!! The ending really didn't make much sense!! And all the
gangster music and talk just doesn't float my boat!! All-in-all,
so far in this set, the worst of the lot!! C-

A review from IMDb.com:

Seagal is back...on video. The aikido master returns as Harlan
Banks, a career thief whose attempt to go straight is marred
by a group of baddies who set him up for a 20 million dollar pay
day. When put along the likes of The Foreigner and Submerged,
this will be a breath of fresh air. It is 90 percent Seagal's voice
and he seems to at least have a little fun with it now, I mean
how many chances to you get to see Seagal smile? not nearly
often enough. Now there IS some stock footage but it is blended
pretty well. His double seems to be doing approximately half
of the work while Steven does more then we would think (his
confrontation with the guy in prison was ALL Steven as was his
fight with Couture, however most other scenes feature his
double). Treach is an extremely likable character and seems
above this, gotta respect him for trying at least. To leave you
with a positive quote from the film. "You drive like a
motha' ****** old lady. - mattressman_pdl

This was much better than I expected from all the reviews that I
read on IMDb.com!! Another espionage tale of terrorism, which
is centered in L.A. and around a small nuke!! Seagal reprises his
role from The Foreigner, but there is no real connection with that
movie, other than a quick flashback!! This is really pretty good,
and better than The Foreigner!!

Another quick back shot of a couple running nude!! B+

A review from IMDb.com:

There are two ways to approach this movie: as a Steven
Seagal vehicle, or as just another DTV action film. If you
choose the first way, you'll probably be disappointed. Seagal
is overweight, gives his usual lazy performance, is off-screen
for much of the running time, does only some arm-twisting,
and in his longest (i.e. 20 seconds long) fight scene he is clearly
doubled by an Asian man! But if you take the second way,
"Black Dawn" is actually a decent time-passer. It has a reasonably
slick look, a good score, a car vs. truck chase that wouldn't be
out of place in a higher-budgeted film, and a plot with at least
a semblance of complexity. Best of all, it has Tamara Davies,
who is gorgeous, convincing, and has way more intense action
scenes than Seagal. If I was making the movie, I would have
the climax be a gunfight followed by a fistfight between her
and the hot terrorist chick played by Angela Gots, instead of
the cheesy fake explosion we do get. But that's another
story. (**) - gridoon

Not sure where the title comes from, but this was a pretty decent
movie! Much better than a couple of these!! Steven becomes a pawn
in a chemical warfare scheme, and in the process, his daughter is
kidnapped!! The rest of the movie is him trying to get her back!!

More nudity in this one! B

A review from IMDb.com:

Steven Seagal plays ex-CIA agent Jack Foster, who arrives
at a Romanian airport with his 8 year old daughter Amanda
(played well by Skye Bennett). However the holiday starts badly
as a car bomb goes off. This is a spectacular explosion. Amanda
is kidnapped (or is she?) by Anya (Eva Pope). Eva Pope is very
easy on the eye and handles her role well. It's good to see
Seagal employing a few good actors.

Jack's father-in-law George (Michael Elwyn) has smuggled out
the formula for a bio-warfare chemical that the CIA, the Romanian
mafia and the Romanian cops all want for differing reasons and
everyone suspects that George has used either Jack or Amanda
to smuggle it into the country.

Jack now searches for his daughter. Ambassador Cochran is looking
for her too. Amazingly, Imelda Staunton fitted this rubbish in between
Vera Drake and Harry Potter! Jack is also being chased by former
CIA colleagues including Harry (Vincent Riotta).

There are lots of shootings, fights, torture. Usual stuff. Seagal is
again bloated, slow, has a strange skin colour and mumbles his
dialogue. Having said that, I have seen him worse, which probably
shows I've been watching too many of his films.

Director Michael Keusch uses the 'modern' style of quick cut editing
and shaky camera moves but you get used to it. The script is by Steven
Collins, Joe Halpin and Seagal. It's a bit predictable but this isn't
Shakespeare. It's Seagal. - David Love

Another pretty decent movie about Seagal being a pilot who's no
longer in the military, but seems to be in big trouble somehow as
the movie starts! No explanations on this at all!!! Anyway, he's called
upon to retrieve a stealth plane that's been stolen by one of our own
for a huge amount of money!!

Quite a bit of topless nudity here!! B

A review from IMDb.com:

If you can ignore the usual faults with Seagal movies then this
is an OK action flick. In this one Steve is a fighter pilot and the
only man who can recapture s stolen US Stealth aircraft. The
aeroplane action scenes where better than I expected them to
be after reading some of the reviews of this film, and the acting
was I thought OK. There is not so much hand to hand fight scenes
in this film as in other Seagal movies which might disappoint some
Seagal fans,however, we do have a lesbian scene midway through
the film with Steve lurking in the background looking a little like
a seedy voyeur. Steve does tend to mumble his lines at times
so we are not sure what he has said, but still most Seagal fans
should find this a decent movie. - MrOllie

I don't go in for ganster-type movies, be it from the 40's or the
2000's!!! That being said, I didn't care for this one either!!

A bit more nudity here! C

A review from IMDb.com:

Without a shadow of a doubt, Seagal's best film since Fire
Down Below. Exit Wounds? This is better. A simple story
which is held together solidly. Forget all the recent awful
straight-to-DVD releases like Flight of Fury and Submerged...this
is a real quality action flick which deserves to be among Steve's
best. Seriously, this is of the quality of his Warner Brothers
films. A really enjoyable kickass film.

NO DUBBING! Seagal says all his own lines! STUNT DOUBLE
ON THE SIDELINE! Seagal gives out some of his best kickings
in years! Eddie Griffin is also great as the f-word machine Armand
Tucker. He has some really funny lines which will have you laughing
out loud. He's right up there with Travis Dane, Commander Krill
and Screwface in the Seagal baddie stakes.

The supporting cast in general is good. Amazing gun-totting car
chases. Also...am I the only one who can hear a sample of Nana's
'Lonely' during the score soundtrack? £9.99 well spent. - melon_hands

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